Category Archives: Meditative

This mantra is from the Rig Veda, one of the sacred texts of Hinduism, sung here by Hein Braat, who composed the melody. Wikipedia gives this mantra a special significance around death – which is the gateway to freedom and rebirth.

It was introduced to Aerist as having been chanted by the Dalai Lama, with a complicated but engaging back-story. As the Dalai Lama is obviously Buddhist, it seems unlikely he would record this.

Miserere, (full title: Miserere mei, Deus, Latin for “Have mercy on me, O God”) by Italian composer Gregorio Allegri, is a setting of Psalm 51 (50) composed during the reign of Pope Urban VIII, probably during the 1630s, for use in the Sistine Chapel during matins, as part of the exclusive Tenebrae service on Holy Wednesday and Good Friday of Holy Week. (source: Wikipedia).

This haunting performance is by the Choir of New College, Oxford.

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